ETIQUETTE
FOR
LITTLE FOLKS.
SUSIE SUNBEAM’S SERIES.
BOSTON:
G. W. COTTRELL, PUBLISHER.
36 Cornhill.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856,
By J. Q. PREBLE,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.
Stereotyped by
NESMITH & TEALL,
29 Beekman Street.
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ETIQUETTE
FOR
LITTLE FOLKS.
RULES FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR AT HOME.
Never enter the house with your hat on, and always bow to any strangersyou may meet at home.
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If you pass by your parents at any place, where you see them, either bythemselves or with company, always bow to them.
If you wish to speak to your parents, and see them engaged in discoursewith company, draw back, and leave your business till afterwards; butif it is really necessary to speak to them, be sure to whisper.
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Never speak to your parents without some title of respect, as Sir,Madam, &c.
Dispute not, nor delay to obey your parents’ commands.
Go not out of doors without your parents’ leave, and be sure to returnby the limited time.
Never grumble, or show discontent at any thing your parents appoint,speak or do.
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If any command or errand is given you to perform, do it with alacrity.
Bear with meekness and patience, and without murmuring or sullenness,your parents’ reproofs or corrections, even if it should sometimeshappen that they are undeserved.
Never make faces or contortions, nor grimaces, while any one is givingyou commands.
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Never take another’s chair, if it be vacated for a short time; it isimpolite.
Never quarrel with your brothers and sisters, but live in peace andamity.
Use respectful and courteous language towards all the domestics. Neverbe domineering nor insulting, for it is the mark of an ignorant andpurse-proud child.
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AT TABLE.
Come not to table without having your hands and face washed, and yourhair combed.
Sit not down until your elders are seated. It is unbecoming to takeyour place first.
Offer not to carve for yourself, or to take anything, even though it besomething you much desire.
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Ask not for anything, but tarry till it be offered to you.
Find no fault with anything that is given you.
When you are helped, be not the first to eat.
Speak not at table. If others are discoursing, meddle not with thematter; but be silent, except when spoken to.
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